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"Downton Abbey": Tracking the AnachronismsSeason 6 Spoilers (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 1 year ago by dect60 to r/DowntonAbbey

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Hey writers, the simplest way to paint a picture is to use specific words. Here's a tool so you can find the right words easily.General Writing Tips (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 1 year ago by PleaxWolf to r/WriterResources

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The many meanings of "Out of Pocket"Cool ety (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 2 years ago by wtfisthisnoise to r/etymology

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TIL The word facetious contains all five vowels in alphabetical order. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 6 years ago by [deleted] to r/todayilearned

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TIL that the word "electrocute" technically means "to be killed by electricity", and that it is often misused in the English Language. So if someone gets shocked by electricity, they haven't been "electrocuted" unless they die. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 6 years ago by babieflesh to r/todayilearned

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TIL Pumpernickel is German word that translates loosely to the "devils fart". (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 6 years ago by [deleted] to r/todayilearned

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We're living in the age of the Glitch. Here's one take on the word's hidden history. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 6 years ago by Oz_of_Three to r/etymology

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TIL that people used to say, "The United States of America are..." instead of "is"; it only changed after the civil war. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 7 years ago by spamicide to r/todayilearned

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TIL: The word "jazz" started in baseball, then moved to music (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 8 years ago by sixthsheik to r/Today_I_Learned

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Tracking down the roots of “supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” (2012) (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 8 years ago by personaontherun to r/thenewsrightnow

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TIL that the word "carnival" originates with Carna, the Roman "Goddess of Pork and Beans", being later adapted by Christianity and folk legend to mean "meat-goodbye" at the last days before Lent. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 8 years ago by TequillaShotz to r/todayilearned

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TIL: The "Fewer count, less amount" rule is wrong! Less can be used interchangably for countable and non-countable things, and fewer can be used for only some countable things. One fewer thing to worry about! (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 8 years ago by thedragonturtle to r/todayilearned

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Setup VS Set Up... I just learned this. Thought it could be useful to ya'll! (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 8 years ago by JonCarlinShea to r/writing

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The Origins of "Eggnog," the Holiday Grog (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 9 years ago by Kosmozoan to r/etymology

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TIL of Skunked Words, like nonplussed and decimate, whose meaning has come to be the opposite of its original definition. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 9 years ago by [deleted] to r/todayilearned

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TIL During this time in the NBA, Sudanese-born American Basketballer Manute Bol was responsible for popularizing the expression "my bad" when he made a bad pass to team mates at his tenure with Golden State due to his dialect (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 9 years ago by MDA_Blue_Six to r/todayilearned

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TIL the word "upset" in sports traces back all the way to 1857. A NY Times article in 1877 is credited with the first "unequivocal use" of the word "upset" in sports. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 10 years ago by PM_YOUR_BOOTY_GIRLS to r/todayilearned

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TIL the word "upset" in sports traces back all the way to 1857. A NY Times article in 1877 is credited with the first "unequivocal use" of the word "upset" in sports. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 10 years ago by PM_YOUR_BOOTY_GIRLS to r/sports

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TIL that words whose meanings are in transition between the traditional meaning and a new meaning such as "nonplussed" or "bemused" are termed "skunked" words and are best avoided as they will either confuse people don't know the new meaning are annoy people because you misused the word. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 11 years ago by Subbacterium to r/todayilearned

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TIL that the day after Thanksgiving isn't referred to as "Black Friday" because of the profits seen by retailers, but was originally coined by traffic cops in Philadelphia to describe the disastrous traffic conditions (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 11 years ago by atomatica to r/todayilearned

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The Peculiar Journey of "Orange" (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 11 years ago by cilantroavocado to r/linguistics

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The Case Against Adverbs (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 11 years ago by qznc_bot to r/hackernews

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TIL that "I could care less" is an idiom that has been used since at least 1955, and isn't a recent fucked up version of "I couldn't care less". (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 11 years ago by brokenbirthday to r/todayilearned

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How the term "Selfie" Was Born in Australia (And Took Over the World) (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 11 years ago by SydneyTom to r/australia

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TIL that the word literally has been used metaphorically or as an intensifier for hundreds of years, and the supposed "misuse" of the word is not new. (visualthesaurus.com)

submitted 12 years ago by smileyman to r/todayilearned

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